The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have released a set of Question and Answers (Q&As) regarding the vaccination requirements for immigrants (including individuals seeking adjustment of status). The Q&As cover the assessments made by the civil surgeon to determine whether an applicant meets the vaccination requirements, but do not address the vaccination assessments conducted [...]
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have released a set of Question and Answers (Q&As) regarding the vaccination requirements for immigrants (including individuals seeking adjustment of status). The Q&As cover the assessments made by the civil surgeon to determine whether an applicant meets the vaccination requirements, but do not address the vaccination assessments conducted [...]
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) requires that applicants for immigrant visas and adjustment of status receive all routine vaccinations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for U.S. domestic population. Accordingly, on November 13, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adopted specific vaccination criteria that would be required for [...]
Finally, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) puts an end to a defective federal law that made deceased U.S. citizens’ alien widows ‘ lives miserable. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) interpreted the previous law as, if a citizen spouse dies before the USCIS acts on his/her petition (I-360) for a spouse’s green [...]
